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He did get dropped by Aru in the race, so i hope it is all just self confidence after finally getting a win. We have to remember he was also one of the 5 strongest riders in the olympics last year so he has showed form on this level before, and while fromme, valverde and maybe bardet are normally better climbers than him, none of them really looked in top top form and valverde and froome spent to much energy in some of the stages. With all that being said, i stile believe he doped, mainly because he didn't seemed troubled at all after crossing the finish line after such a big effort. But i wouldn't say that the result of the dauphine is arguement against him, that it is not that big a wildshot, he was still with in by the bookmakers as the 7th most likely rider to win before the race,
The Hegelian said:Frankschleck said:The Hegelian said:I think it makes the list.
Look at the names he's outclassed: Bardet, Valverde, Contador, Froome, Porte, Martin. We're talking the absolute elite climbers, all coming into top form. It's June. And it's Astana. Fuglsang has always been quality - but not ride the elite climbers off his wheel quality.
It's in the list for sure.
The thing is tho, that Fuglsang probaly always has been a better climber than martin to a certain extent, while you could argue that with the energi spent by froome, porte , and valverde, he might just have been lucky. And then again contador was just **** in this raceThat makes it a bit more realistic for me, but yeah astana is a problem, and is the best argument against him because the chances are the whole astana team is loaded with dope
Yeah, true enough.
But there's also stage 6 to consider. I think he was undoubtedly the second best climber in the race.
And if you go back to pre-race speculations, who was seriously putting Fuglsang up there with riders like Bardet, Valverde, Froome et al? In hindsight, one could easily imagine him finishing in the top group maybe even a few times - then losing a little bit on other days.
But riding them all off his wheel? Nope, that really is suss.
He did get dropped by Aru in the race, so i hope it is all just self confidence after finally getting a win. We have to remember he was also one of the 5 strongest riders in the olympics last year so he has showed form on this level before, and while fromme, valverde and maybe bardet are normally better climbers than him, none of them really looked in top top form and valverde and froome spent to much energy in some of the stages. With all that being said, i stile believe he doped, mainly because he didn't seemed troubled at all after crossing the finish line after such a big effort. But i wouldn't say that the result of the dauphine is arguement against him, that it is not that big a wildshot, he was still with in by the bookmakers as the 7th most likely rider to win before the race,